'Tomtit' definitions:
Definition of 'tomtit'
(from WordNet)
noun
Widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head [syn: blue tit, tomtit, Parus caeruleus]
Definition of 'Tomtit'
From: GCIDE
- Tomtit \Tom"tit`\, n. [Tom (see Tomboy) + tit the bird.] (Zool.) (a) A titmouse, especially the blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.] (b) The wren. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'tomtit'
From: GCIDE
- Titmouse \Tit"mouse`\, n.; pl. Titmice. [OE. titemose, titmase; tit small, or a small bird + AS. m[=a]se a kind of small bird; akin to D. mees a titmouse, G. meise, OHG. meisa, Icel. meisingr. The English form has been influenced by the unrelated word mouse. Cf. Tit a small bird.] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing birds belonging to Parus and allied genera; -- called also tit, and tomtit. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus), the marsh titmouse (Parus palustris), the crested titmouse (Parus cristatus), the great titmouse ({Parus major}), and the long tailed titmouse ({Aegithalos caudatus}), are the best-known European species. See Chickadee. [1913 Webster]